User:Henrickson/X-Plane.org

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X-Plane.org

X-Plane.org (XPO or the "Org") is a community website for the X-Plane flight sim. It is currently the largest one in the world dedicated to that flight sim, followed by X-Plane Freeware (XPFW) and X-Plane French Connection (XPFC).

1 Sections
2 History
3 Famous forum members
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Sections

Main page: This is were website news are posted, along with a list of new X-Plane-related files available for download.
Forums: The place to discuss all things X-Plane-related. Users can also post screenshots and videos of their user-made projects.
Download Manager: This section is the X-Plane addons file library. It is currently the largest X-Plane-related file library in the world.
Org Store: Users can purchase a copy of X-Plane here, as well as other X-Plane-related merchandise.

[edit] History

X-Plane.org went online in 2001. Since then, it has underwent a series of expansions and additions, and has also experienced its share of server crashes and data loss.

[edit] Famous forum members

Markr - Mark Roberts is the founder and administrator of X-Plane.org.
brett_s - Brett Sumpter is a very experienced aircraft maker (specializing in helicopters) and a former moderator.
XDave - Dave Wilson is a moderator.
jkallinen - Jim Kallinen is a producer of top-quality X-Plane videos.
Voidhawk9 - Cameron Garner builds fictional aircraft and is a moderator.
six7 - Mike Montuori makes repaints for aircraft, takes top-quality X-Plane screenshots and is a moderator.
KHPN_Spotter - Marc Fricchione is the head of Flight Operations and organizes the weekly online fly-in.
propsman - Alex Gifford (member of The Propellerheads) is an aircraft maker.
Indi- - Ben Russell is the administrator of the online flight server.
YYZatcboy - Joe Vermeulen is an air traffic controller for the online flight server and also makes scenery packages.